zedbyers

how many miles do you have on your car Chris? I am only at 41.5k and it just seems unimaginable that these things fail that soon......

my wife is wanting a new SUV and 2 of the 3 that she is considering have air suspension (an option) but apparently a common one as that seems to be what is on the lots.....i am not sure i am interested....

i too ran the system through the paces with the force outputs from VCDS and everything appeared normal to me.

when i get home (in 2 weeks) and get some time i suppose i will go on a leak finding mission...

i still wonder how much temp plays with all this. mine seems to be dropping somewhat on all 4, as just about every time i get in the car you feel the back go up first then the front as it should. this is leading me to believe either i have a common failure to all 4 or temp is at play here.

who knows....i read the test reports on the new S6 (S8/A8 out the exterior is not for me) and i think of trying to find one of them with a few miles on it. then i think to myself that i still won't spend the money on the D3 S8 that i would on the S6. and the D3 S8 is better looking that the S6.

ltooz_a6_a8_q7

I stumbled into this thread
https://www.audiworld.com/forums/sho....php?t=2756487

Cheers,

Louis

greginfinity

Can you spray soapy water all over the bags just to make sure it isn't a leak at the bag?

Zed, isn't your car in FL? How cold can it be!?

1Wasserwerks

Zed, I have 65K on the S8 now. I looked out this morning and (its 43F now, not in the 20's) the front didn't appear as lowered as it did the other days when it was colder. Very quirky.
I bought the car in June with 61K on it and the suspension issues only came to light in the cooler months.

zedbyers

Yep, car is in FL. I too am wondering how much temp affects things. We have had days in mid 80s then drops to mid 50s at night. I am going to get some leak detect and have a go at things, but my instincts tell me I am not going to find anything.

zedbyers

Interesting, but I think I will pass. This just seems like a lot of potential for bad things to happen all throughout the system.

mishar

+1

Probably it would seal a leak at the bottom, temporarily beg too, but it won't do anything for the connection at the top. If slime gets into system it will cause big problems. I wouldn't be surprised if some weird symptoms we saw are coming from this kind of fixing suspension before selling the car.

1Wasserwerks

Yeah, I'm with you on this one as well. Sounds like a quick fix if I were to get rid of the car. I would opt to swish the stuff around to evenly coat the insides of the bag. In order to do that you would have to remove the strut assembly. Thats half-way towards replacing a new assembly.
Do it once, do it right.

03_AR_CO

Do it right once is the best approach, replace the air strut. The slime "fix" idea is not a good idea, especially if it gets vented back into the system, there is a lot of expensive stuff that it can ruin. I drove allroads before the A8 and there are guys on the forums that regretted using the slime.

Bangerla

The chinese websites list the replacement bags for around $40. Anyone willing to be a guinea pig? Or does someone have a bad strut worth experimenting with?